A Coptic Christian church in Libya was bombed killing two people near the city of Misrata on December 30, 2012. The action has been condemned by the foreign ministry in neighboring Egypt., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
Aswat Masriya (Cairo)
Egypt: Foreign Minister Denounces Libya Coptic Church Bombing
30 December 2012
Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr on Sunday denounced the bombing of a Coptic Orthodox church's service centre in Libya's Mesrata late Saturday.
Two Egyptians working at the church were killed while two others were wounded.
Amr extended his condolences to the families of the victims.
Mohamed Sawan, head of the Libyan Justice and Construction Party which represents the country's Muslim Brotherhood, condemned the boming as well and expressed the party's outrage over the attack.
There are no tensions which could possibly justify such actions, Sawan said.
At a press conference held on Sunday evening, Sawan held the Libyan government accountable for the attack and urged it to find the perpetrators.
Consul of the Egyptian Embassy in Tripoli headed to Mesrata once the embassy was notified of the bombing, the ministry's spokesman Amr Roshdi said.
The consul met with Morkos Zaghloul, the church's priest, as well as security bodies in the city, Roshdi added.
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